1. Pick a flower on National Tulip Day Each year on the third Saturday of January, Amsterdam’s central Dam Square comes alive with around 200,000 tulips that make up a temporary garden.

A woman poses for a picture at the Keukenhof flower garden in Lisse, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Credit: AP/Molly Quell Not everyone is always happy with tourists taking photos.

Most recently, President George W. Bush's wife, Laura, accepted her tulip in 2004. Jill Biden is known to enjoy freshly cut flowers; she has a flower “cutting” garden at the White House.

Spring is in full bloom — especially for the tulips of the Netherlands. Each March, millions of blooming flowers begin to transform the country’s seaside into an intricate patchwork of color.

ARLINGTON, VA — Today, the National Park Service and Netherlands Embassy celebrated the 77th anniversary of Liberation Day and the end of a four-year restoration of the Netherlands Carillon.